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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1898
Page
5
In Westville Indiana ZiteNa Cocke reflects on which of God's angels is the best among offerings of mercy and harm. The poem marries Edenic imagery with the Angel of Tell guiding men through woe and bridging the breach with a humane, consoling grace.
On the Still River Billy Chetwynde boasts a sub twenty minute paddle to claim a new record. Hal Burgess bests him with nineteen minutes. Strident bragging, a planned derailment, and a late train rescue bring the camps to heel before reconciliation ends the dispute.
The Philadelphia area supplies more than half of U S umbrellas with 590 factories and 3 0 million invested in the city. American umbrellas are cheaper lighter and built for regular use, while New York and other states drive the national market. London Paris and other European cities show different usage patterns and rainfall averages across major capitals.
A Western visitor to Washington notes that women walk unaccompanied after dark with little fear, unlike in other big cities. He cites well lit routes near music schools and downtown Pennsylvania Avenue where respectable women travel alone, observing a lack of street harassment. He calls the capital Arcadia for its seeming safety.
Immigrant style racing stars from England Ireland France Germany Holland and Italy join American middle distance events. The influx brings famed sprinters and pacemaking talent under three major associations with big purses and international flavor in 1890s cycle racing.
Edward Bok argues in Ladies' Home Journal that Sunday schools fail due to incompetent male superintendents and urges women to become the primary teachers. He calls for capable leadership, fewer male teachers, and that women balance spiritual teaching with intelligence and experience.
A Lewiston Maine family sells small bait fish from a well in their dooryard near Sabatis Road. They no longer use the well pump and lower a pail to pull up many shiners for paying customers.
Boston Transcript reports Italy could shift to peat derived charcoal via the Blandell process. Three tons of peat yield one ton of charcoal that burns hotter, with less smoke and no carbonic acid gas, at five dollars production cost and potential profits of four to eight dollars. A $500,000 company has bought the patent to build works at multiple sites.
A citizen warns of violence against African Americans in a tense exchange cited by the Atlanta Constitution. A reply suggests placing Black people at the front to minimize harm, arguing they would be safer there, reflecting dangerous wartime racial attitudes.
Joseph W. Grimes the heavyweight bicyclist has just reached Lexington Kentucky after a winter tour of Virginia He weighs 555 pounds stands 6 feet 4 inches tall and measures 62 64 22 44 and 26 in body girths His record is 4 miles in ten hours with an hour rest for dinner He can scarcely walk and recently toured Europe causing a sensation wherever he went
A fragment from the Chicago Post recounts a woman telling a close friend how she refused a suitor who would not take no for an answer. She explains she finally settled the matter by saying et said yes and asking if he would be her maid of honor.
N Y Truth quotes warn that cycling on a bi cycle is ruinous to health. One speaker declares riding a wheel risks disease and death, then reveals he gave his bi cycle to his younger brother.
A playful spoof dialogue notes Dawkins asking about indigestion and Phillips replying that things are fine though not feeling well, amidst a Harper's Bazaar page context. The fragment captures light conversational humor typical of era fashion weeklies.
The Butterfly Girl in Challie describes a mother Hubbard dress of figured French challie as a practical playground outfit for a young child. It notes challie washable, not necessarily imported, with a double-box plaited skirt, a white lawn yoke worn over the dress, and sturdy high boots to guard against thistles and dew.
A Chicago Inter Ocean report explains that immersing sugar solutions with pear or apple tree leaves during fermentation produces a liquid with strong fruit aroma and flavor. Vine leaves have a similar effect and could improve a poor vintage.
A home starch using gum arabic stiffens lace wash silks and thin fabrics. Dissolve one ounce gum arabic in a cup of cold water over heat, strain, then add half a gill of alcohol when cold. For dainty laces use a half teaspoon in half a cup water. The note adds that the word squirrel derives from two Greek words meaning shadow tail.
A description of a striking robins red stock outfit featuring scarlet silk and white embroidery. It highlights red satin neckwear with multiple white embroidered loops and bows, noting many women favor the bold red theme for a complete toilet.
The article urges extracting happiness and joy from life, noting troubles exist but the sun will return. It argues duties to seek the bright side, cultivate warmth, and avoid gloom, claiming great virtue in sunbeams over clouds and urging fortitude.
A Minneapolis Times column lists types of women deemed unfit for marriage and motherhood. It condemns disregard for domestic duties, impractical spending, social vanity, and reliance on servants, framing such traits as reasons to avoid marriage.
A feature on trimming dark dresses with detachable white yokes, embroidered muslin or pique, or white lawn, plus a matching tie fastened under the chin. The piece suggests yokes as a spring wool dress accent and favors dim lighting with rose shades for ambiance.
A fragmentary item notes knockers to be revived and mentions numerous new arrivals and a brisk activity in the period. The tone suggests anticipation of fresh developments and renewed interest in the topic.
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